IEA Wind Energy Systems (Wind TCP)

The mission of the Wind TCP is to stimulate co-operation on wind energy research and development and to provide high quality information and analysis to member governments and commercial sector leaders. The focus lies on technology development and deployment, as well as market and policy instruments.

Short Description

The Wind TCP was founded in 1977 and offers member countries the opportunity to exchange information on the planning and implementation of wind energy projects and to carry out cooperative research and development projects - so-called tasks or annexes.

Currently, 23 partners from 21 nations are represented in the IEA Wind TCP. These partners form a global network of researchers and policy experts focused on the transfer of expertise from current technology research and practical application to overcome the barriers to further wind energy deployment.

Currently, the following tasks are in progress in an international context:

Task 11 Base Technology Exchange
Task 19 Wind Energy in Cold Climates
Task 25 Design and Operation of Energy Systems with Large Amounts of Variable Generation
Task 26 Cost of Wind Energy
Task 28 Social Acceptance of Wind Energy Projects
Task 29 Analysis of Aerodynamic Measurements
Task 30 Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration
Task 31 International Wind Farm Flow Modelling and Evaluation Framework (WAKEBENCH)
Task 32 Wind Lidar Systems for Wind Energy Deployment
Task 34 Working Together to Resolve Environmental Effects (WREN)
Task 36 Forecasting
Task 37 Systems Engineering
Task 39 Quiet Wind Turbine Technology
Task 40 Downwind Turbine Technologies
Task 41 Enabling Wind Power to Contribute to a Distributed Wind Energy Future
Task 42 Lifetime Extension Assessment
Task 43 Digitalization of Wind Energy
Task 44 Flow Farm Control
Task 45 Enabling the Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades
Task 46 Erosion of Wind Turbine Blades
Task 47 Innovative Aerodynamic Experiments and Simulations on Wind Turbines in Turbulent Inflow
Task 48 Airborne Wind Energy

The Wind TCP summarizes the activities of the member countries and research collaborations in an annual report. This report can be downloaded from the IEA Wind TCP homepage free of charge.

Ongoing Tasks

Completed Tasks

Task 19: Wind Energy in Cold Climates
Working period 2010 - 2012
Working period 2013 - 2015
Working period 2016 - 2018
Working period 2019 - 2021
Task 27: Small Wind Turbines
Working period 2013 - 2016
Working period 2016 - 2018
Working period 2018 - 2019
Task 32: Wind LIDAR Systems
Working period 2019 - 2021
Working period 2016 - 2019
Task 41: Enabling Wind to Contribute to a Distributed Energy Future
Working period (2019 - 2023)

Publications

Publications are available on the German part of the website.

Participants

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, South Korea, USA, UK, Chinese Wind Energy Association (CWEA), WindEurope

Contact Address

ExCo Delegate:

Christine Promok, MSc
Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie (BMK)
Sektion III – Innovation und Technologie
Abteilung 3 – Energie- und Umwelttechnologien
Radetzkystraße 2
A-1030 Wien
Tel.: +43 664 887 42 408
E-Mail: christine.promok@bmk.gv.at

Alternate:

DI Andreas Krenn
Energiewerkstatt
Heiligenstatt 24, 5211 Friedburg, Austria
Tel.: +43 7746 28212 - 17
Email: andreas.krenn@energiewerkstatt.org